Tiller
noun
A lever or handle used to steer a boat.
He grasped the tiller and steered the boat against the current.
Often appears as...
- take the tiller
- hold the tiller
noun
A part of some plants that grow up from the ground, which may then grow into a new plant.
The tillers of the wheat are just starting to shoot up.
Often appears as...
- grow tillers
- wheat tillers
noun
A person who tills or cultivates land, farmer.
The tiller toiled tirelessly under the hot sun, preparing his fields for planting.
Often appears as...
- hard-working tiller
- farmer tiller
noun
A machine or tool used to break up or turn over soil, especially before planting.
He used a tiller to prepare the soil in his garden for planting.
Often appears as...
- use the tiller
- rotary tiller
noun
A lever or handle used to steer a boat.
He grasped the tiller and steered the boat against the current.
Often appears as...
- take the tiller
- hold the tiller
noun
A part of some plants that grow up from the ground, which may then grow into a new plant.
The tillers of the wheat are just starting to shoot up.
Often appears as...
- grow tillers
- wheat tillers
noun
A person who tills or cultivates land, farmer.
The tiller toiled tirelessly under the hot sun, preparing his fields for planting.
Often appears as...
- hard-working tiller
- farmer tiller
noun
A machine or tool used to break up or turn over soil, especially before planting.
He used a tiller to prepare the soil in his garden for planting.
Often appears as...
- use the tiller
- rotary tiller
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Nautical Context
Used in the context of controlling a boat, symbolizes leadership and direction.
The captain took the tiller, guiding us through the fog.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-electric Steering
Refers to manual, rather than electronic, boat steering—reveals a hands-on approach.
Using the tiller requires physical effort and skill.
Pro Tip 1/2Nautical Context
Used in the context of controlling a boat, symbolizes leadership and direction.
The captain took the tiller, guiding us through the fog.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-electric Steering
Refers to manual, rather than electronic, boat steering—reveals a hands-on approach.
Using the tiller requires physical effort and skill.
Pro Tip 1/2Nautical Context
Used in the context of controlling a boat, symbolizes leadership and direction.
The captain took the tiller, guiding us through the fog.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-electric Steering
Refers to manual, rather than electronic, boat steering—reveals a hands-on approach.
Using the tiller requires physical effort and skill.
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
Hall soon as that is the favorite haunt for a lot of our characters on evenings like this and I have a feeling in the next few minutes someone is going to inform us that there's alarm calls coming from where tiller watching all
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
Hall soon as that is the favorite haunt for a lot of our characters on evenings like this and I have a feeling in the next few minutes someone is going to inform us that there's alarm calls coming from where tiller watching all
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Gordon Taylor
English Athlete
The Football Association have always acted more as a referee than a governor. And the FA, aware the Premier League provide players for the England team, have always had too gentle a hand on the tiller. The result is that the Premier League are the tigers in the English football jungle everybody's scared of.
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John Logan
American Producer
Realistically, it's the great truism that screenwriters are fungible, that at the end of the day a studio is not going to want to fire a movie star. And they're really not going to want to fire a star director because the director has the hand on the tiller of a ship.
Quote examples
Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
Quote examples
Gordon Taylor
English Athlete
The Football Association have always acted more as a referee than a governor. And the FA, aware the Premier League provide players for the England team, have always had too gentle a hand on the tiller. The result is that the Premier League are the tigers in the English football jungle everybody's scared of.
Quote examples
John Logan
American Producer
Realistically, it's the great truism that screenwriters are fungible, that at the end of the day a studio is not going to want to fire a movie star. And they're really not going to want to fire a star director because the director has the hand on the tiller of a ship.
Quote examples
Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
Example 1 of 3
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